Thieves steal from teen about to undergo brain surgery at Stanford Children's Hospital

A family that traveled here from Hawaii so their son could undergo brain surgery at Stanford Children's Hospital is devastated after thieves stole from their van in San Francisco. It's a story you'll see only on ABC7 News. (KGO-TV)

A family that traveled from Hawaii to the Bay Area to get surgery for their son's brain tumor had their belongings stolen from their car. Among the things taken were items of medical and sentimental value. It's a story you'll see only on ABC7 News.

Fourteen year old Kaikea Ahuna, his parents, and two brothers live on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. They're here in Palo Alto at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford because Kaikea has a brain tumor and will have to undergo a challenging and difficult surgery.

"It's very deep up in the skull base, so it's in an area that is surrounded by a minefield," said neurosurgeon Gerald Grant.

Last Friday, the family parked their car at the wharf near Pier 39 across the street from the Aquarium of the Bay. They were gone half an hour. That was all it took for thieves to break into their car and take their bags from the trunk.

Thieves steal belongings of teen from Kauai here in SF for brain tumor surgery from his family's parked car at Wharf pic.twitter.com/GMmMpYJfwN